New Zealand Surf

Detailed New Zealand surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in New Zealand. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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New Zealand Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Gore Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Kaka Point Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	5	4	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	0.7 S	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 S	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.0 S	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	11	11	13	9	9	9	9	11	11	6	11	10	10	10	16	15	14	16	13
Energy(?)	51	302	90	1457	2457	1450	305	276	463	290	995	161	371	1057	252	483	3394	2376	4894	3809	3866	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:16PM 1.52			5:58PM 1.46		4:12AM 1.84		7:06PM 1.20	7:59AM 1.43		12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46				1:06PM 3.43	12:52AM 2.25		1:06PM 2.24	10:44PM 1.48	11:05AM 1.58	2:44PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 0.66	9:39AM 0.42		12:11AM 0.28	10:21AM 0.42	1:18PM 0.63	1:11AM 0.27		6:03PM 0.80		6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81	12:27AM 0.88	6:58AM 0.74			6:48AM 0.32			4:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	1	-	3	1
High °C	20	14	20	20	18	18	16	8	13	17	12	21	16	14	25	12	11	14	14	12	20	13
Low °C	12	11	18	20	17	17	15	5	12	16	11	18	15	11	24	12	8	12	14	9	19	12
Chill °C (?)	20	12	20	20	18	18	15	6	12	17	9	21	15	12	25	9	8	14	12	10	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	0.7 S	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 S	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	2.1 W	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	6	6	11	11	13	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	16	15	14	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.1 SW	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	8	8	16	14	13	11	7	8	10	11	5	-	23	13	15	-	10	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 E	-	2.1 W	-	0.4 N	1.1 WSW	3.5 W	-	2.0 W	1.9 W	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	4	10	10	-	15	14	-	13

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	8	8	13	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	11
Energy(?)	62	42	1045	729	1050	2389	713	577	683	1442	1358	2457	1312	1205	1614	1407	1150	1025	1094	246	292	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:10PM 1.69										10:57PM 3.24		4:40AM 2.26		11:13AM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10PM 0.36	11:21PM 0.32				12:21PM 0.28		4:49PM 0.80								4:42PM 0.43			1:53AM 0.44	5:52AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	9	10	10	7	10	13	20	20	18	18	18	7	18	16	17	17	17	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	22	6	7	8	3	10	13	20	20	18	18	18	4	18	16	17	17	17	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.7 S	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	7	8	13	7	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	7	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	15	15	14	14	11	10	13	13	13	13	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 NW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	2.2 SW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	8	2	6	8	8	13	-	-	9	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Friday 19										Saturday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Gore Bay Canterbury	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	11	10	10	14	12	10	8	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	9
Energy(?)	64	55	796	50	46	990	55	28	66	867	764	616	651	336	668	708	603	597	618	177	177	1334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:20PM 3.18												10:51AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)																4:30AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	11	20	20	10	17	17	19	18	18	18	18	7	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	22	23	8	20	20	7	15	16	19	18	17	18	17	4	17	17	17	17	18	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	14	8	10	14	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	8	9	10	10	7	15	15	15	15	8	15	14	14	14	14	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	1.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	-	11	4	6	5	7	7	3	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	9

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